Color Wonder: Hooray for Spring! Book Launch Party

I was impressed with the children’s knowledge of their colors; many knew the color combinations needed to turn the color-mixing wheels in the book. They loved mixing and matching the colors to the spring flowers.

A garden party with refreshments was enjoyed by all.I'm blessed to have the support of my wonderful family and friendswho put together this lovely spread. The Joy of Cupcakesgenerously treated the guests to these festive and amazingly tasty cupcakes.

And what good is a spring party without the spring crafts?The super fun FunFit joined in, making craft projects with the children.

And a book about colors certainly needs some coloring activities.Children made puppets and colored bug characters from Hooray for Spring!Click here to download the Color Wonder printables and incorporatethese fun activities with your story time.

The lollipop flowers were sweet and easy to make.Use a heart shape craft-puncher for the petals and a circlecraft-puncher for the leaf. Fold green paper in half and punch out a leaf shape by using the top arch of the circle craft-puncher.

Fold the heart-shape petals in half, punch small holes on the bottomof all the paper pieces, and thread them onto the lollipop stick. Adhere clear tape around the base of the lollipop wrapper.Be sure the tape is also touching the leaf, to serve as a stopper.

The younger children enjoyed coloringbig butterflies, or perhaps it was the Smarties® they liked?

This little caterpillar critter was made by threading a handful of beadsonto a pipe cleaner that was folded in half for strength.

The older kids twisted and shaped colorful spring buggies.

To make the butterfly, you'll need two pipe cleaners, three .75 pompoms, wiggly eyes, and glue dots.Shape the pipe cleaners as shown above and assemble all the pieces.

To make the bee, you'll need 1/2 of a white pipe cleaner, 1/4 of a green one,1 inch yellow pompom, .5 black pompom, wiggly eyes, and glue dots.Shape the pipe cleaners as shown above and assemble all the pieces.